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6 G' |& C& [$ U0 R2 CBelow is an Interesting article I found, which says that.....Do not   \* B6 x. d: ?! f  W% i
expect much from Crude Oil producers and future is not with the
7 t1 B8 O  C! L/ {1 |/ kcompanies producing Jet fuels but Biofuels. Also no wonder if some of
  N( \  r! M- h0 B2 Zthese oil producer will go bankrupt or out of the business even if 7 K% y# ]! Z2 b2 z
crude prices improves. This implies also to good names such as Shell,
) ?0 o* n9 I: N4 \, m  }8 [EXXON, BG, BP, Cheveron ....xyz.. oils
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Recently OPEC reduced crude oil production twice over just a few
, N  t  p) ?& A) Pmonths. There are three wars going on in Gaza, Iraq and Afghandistan.
$ w. X9 v. w/ H- l+ y$ eA year ago these things would have spiked the price of crude oil by at + r0 H0 a3 B3 `# i
least $50.00 per barrel. Today, oil price declined by a record amount.
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7 e! m. i# ?6 \4 |# O0 gThere are several reasons the price of oil is decreasing in the face
6 c9 T5 u- b  ~# ?of so much news. These reasons are:
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1. New oil has been found in Canada, Montana, North & South Dakota and
& b9 p, V9 S0 C! R2 ?+ S$ gin the ocean near Brazil. Each of these oil fields has more oil than
4 b3 d% ~8 W: {0 LArabia.   f% J# _& a: {

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6 h" Q: E* k6 g1 J2. New natural gas has been found in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
. l; H7 F- @! e8 t4 _This is the largest find in North America.
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3. New methods of injecting CO2 and surfactants into oil wells is
/ y# g9 j: K: F+ O9 H5 b8 ?) S" Ebeing used to double their output.
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0 X7 o1 X$ z& z! M! E4. Production of bio-fuels is beginning to reach critical mass. Bio
0 q% S! h, K& U4 j% K0 Lfuel is being produced from many plants and algae. The production - h: J) d, u  ^
potential per acre in some cases is astounding. Many countries are
4 @0 V+ ?; L! }9 Vracing to produce bio fuels. 5 S6 Q' N0 g) z. A2 |
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3 R7 j7 n0 e, L9 V+ |/ f5. Virtually every restaurant in the US and all food processing plants % E: e3 W& c0 H1 ]6 y! L9 _  V
are now selling their used oil to bio-diesel producers. Every pork, : ~' s  ?' T% p# S' }& e& c- g
cattle, turkey and chicken processing plant will soon sell their fat
1 q% _6 U/ s9 `8 s7 tto bio-diesel producers. One pork processing plant in Oklahoma is 9 U: a6 ^2 t; u
producing 30,000 gallons of bio-diesel per day from pork fat. 3 L  q* h9 N. F1 N4 i1 K

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6. There are 99 nuclear reactors in various stages of planning and & x" s8 }9 w. x) f' C% \
construction around the world at this time. Several hundred more are
! Z0 g8 _, X7 s' j6 u+ Uexpected to be built in the future. Much of the energy they produce ' A" J2 O2 Q; @. k  j, s" c
will replace oil. & ]+ m# F1 h4 g, c% x

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7. Every company in any form of transportaion business is replacing
4 f+ _9 Q6 @9 N$ U9 Nolder equipment such as trucks, airplanes, train engines, ships, etc.
# C% L( y! F$ l! n6 T3 Pwith new more fuel efficient equipment. Airlines and railway companies # a5 u8 ~  C+ W' j% s* k1 ?
are experiencing 20% to 25% better fuel econony with the new   o/ E2 l: f; C" s' q! ^
equipment. 7 o/ W: `% x( L/ ]' r# C6 h0 \

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. A5 t+ k- n. O6 s7 DAirlines are flying airplanes with bio-fuel. They are finding the bio-
0 l& r2 x! F4 |1 R( w2 rfuel is cleaner and performs better than jet fuel. 8 }1 c  \" [1 X. }: F# l6 [. T

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8. Cities and counties throughout the US are selling the rights to 5 _! E. x# a+ F+ F1 p% H* K
capture methane gas from landfills. This is a huge source of gas
* n. M. U% Z8 H' x$ b+ P- ]available at very little cost or risk. The gas is displacing crude   _" u5 h+ t6 @( b9 K; i
oil.   ?0 o6 g/ V' U5 l

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* u9 ^5 a; @9 }1 A* q' e$ J3 {9. Coal is being transformed into a clean burning liquid fuel. The CO2 2 j1 A) ^8 Q, k0 k! V5 `7 G. }
produced as a byproduct is sold to oil companies for injection into
3 P' N7 h: e5 q) S6 h( H3 Voil wells. * r( B$ Y6 I, O& A/ n5 R8 V2 M% H
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10. Solar, wind and ocean energy is displacing oil as an energy
* C3 ?" t5 g1 y% s# U0 Q- @9 V2 o# Esource. Three new wind turbines are being erected every day in the US.
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9 h7 c$ ^+ _. D" Z- d6 N! K4 BEach of the above by itself will not make a large difference in the . H* J- S" n5 ?: I2 [: Y! `
price of crude oil but the sum of all of them together is world % V4 w3 C+ B9 ]4 V" n
changing. The important thing is that OPEC no longer has the ability
) k9 r$ R' h; s0 N$ Z* [. Y( Xto control oil prices. ! T  n0 ^* g& f- U

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With the above scenario, I still believe that there are under
. W7 z6 c6 [. Kperformed OIL companies and probably they are yet to get the justified 0 {/ x, |6 s/ j% v0 I5 U" j
value .....   w8 f  e$ n" C
IAE- Ithaca , EPL Energy Partners Ltd, Opti etc ...
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The above articles are from WSJ .............PUBLISHED ON 9TH JAN
- ^* d0 E! j/ y3 e% [5 N2009 ... FYI-Only
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